Diocese of Duleek
The Diocese of Duleek was an Irish diocese,[1] firstly subsumed by the Diocese of Meath[2] and now within the Diocese of Meath and Kildare.
It began as an early Christian monastic settlement. St Patrick established the bishopric circa 450 AD.[3]
Bishops[]
Bishops of Duleek | |||
---|---|---|---|
From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
450 | 489 | St Cianan | He was descended from the royal blood of the kings of Munster. His feast day is 24 November |
unknown | 778 | ||
unknown | 870 | "Abbat, Scribe, Anchorite and Bishop died in his 87th year" (Archdall) | |
unknown | 882 | "also Abbat of Clonard" ([Archdall (ibid)) | |
unknown | 902 | ||
unknown | 927 | "Son of Oenecan" | |
unknown | 941 | ||
unknown | 1117 | ||
Sources: [4][5][6] |
Other Senior Clergy[]
Archdeacons of Duleek | |||
---|---|---|---|
From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
unknown | 904 | Eochy | Son of Socaragusa (Archdall) |
unknown | 953 | Son of Moelbrighde (Archdall) | |
unknown | 870 | Son of M'Saergusa (Archdall) |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ 'Monasticum Hibernicum; or, an history of the abbeys, priories, and other religious houses in Ireland' Archdall, Mervyn (Dublin: printed for Luke White, 1786)
- ^ Cogan, Anthony (1862). The diocese of Meath: ancient and modern. 1. Dublin: J.F. Fowler.
- ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p149 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
- ^ Brady 1876 , The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 2, pp. 127–128.
- ^ Fryde et al. 1986 , Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 430 and 432–433.
- ^ Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984 , Maps, Genealogies, Lists, p. 362.
External links[]
Categories:
- Religion in County Meath
- Bishops of Duleek
- Archdeacons of Duleek